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Manuscripts and Rare Books

With more than 900 illuminated manuscripts, 1,250 of the first printed books (ca. 1455 - 1500), and an important collection of post-1500 deluxe editions, this extraordinary collection chronicles the art of the book over more than 1,000 years. The collection is from all over the world, and from ancient to modern times. It features deluxe Gospel books from Armenia, Ethiopia, Byzantium, and Ottonian Germany, French and Flemish books of hours, as well as masterpieces of Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman manuscript illumination. It also includes important first printed editions of ancient texts by great thinkers such as Aristotle and Euclid, diaries written by Napoleon and intricate bindings crafted by Tiffany. The early printed book collection highlights the experimental nature of the first attempts at printing. Some of these books have been illuminated by hand, and many are unique objects. 

Walters Ex Libris

Explore digitized manuscripts, bindings, and single leaves from the collection of the Walters Art Museum.

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Book of Hours

Flemish Artist
ca. 1450-1460
W.193
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De Miserabilis humanae conditionis ingressu, progressu, egressu

Innocent III Author
ca. 1450 (early Renaissance)
W.348
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Calendar Illustrations from a Book of Hours

Flemish Artist
ca. 1450-1460
W.321
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Leaf from Book of Hours

ca. 1465-1470
W.292.50V
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Prayer Book of Bishop Leonhard von Laymingen of Passau

German Artist
mid 15th century
W.163
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Book of Hours

Byzantine Artist
mid 15th century
W.534
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Book of Hours

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Alphonsus de Benavento, Treatise

1456
W.421
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Book of Hours (Use of Rome)

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Book of Hours (Use of Rome)

Flemish Artist
ca. 1460-1470
W.183
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Book of Hours

Flemish Artist
ca. 1460
W.186
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Book of Hours

Flemish Artist
ca. 1460-1470
W.181
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Book of Hours

Flemish Artist
ca. 1460
W.197
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Book of Hours

Flemish Artist
ca. 1460-1470
W.179
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Life of Alphonso VI, King of Aragon and Naples (1416-1458)

ca.1460 (Renaissance)
W.405
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Book of Hours

ca. 1460 (Renaissance)
W.328
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Book of Hours

Flemish Artist
ca. 1460
W.269
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Book of Hours

Flemish Artist
ca. 1460-1470
W.190
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Adimari Book of Hours

1448 (Renaissance)
W.767
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Breviary

3rd quarter 15th century (Renaissance)
W.334
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Prayer Book

Dutch Artist
3rd quarter 15th century
W.182
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Dominican Psalter

Dutch Artist
2nd half 15th century
W.198
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Salzburg Sermons

2nd half 15th century
W.740
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Leaf from Lace Book of Marie de' Medici: John the Baptist Baptizing Christ

French Artist
2nd quarter 17th century with 15th century additions
W.494.8R
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Book of Hours

Manuscript: ca. 1450-1460; Binding: 17th century with 19th century additions
W.240
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Book of Hours

French Artist
1450-1475
W.282
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Book of Hours

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